Adjustable toe-weight for trotting horses



(No Model.)

0. H. ETTER.

ADJUSTABLE TOE WEIGHT FOR TROTTING HORSES.

Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

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' UNITED STATES.

PATENT Qtrrcn.

CYRUS H. ETTER, or MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE TOE-WEIGHT FOR TROTTlNG HORSES.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,189, dated October9, 1883.

Application filed August 3, 1883. (No model.) I 7 To (ZZZ whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, OYRU s H. ETTER, a citizen of the Province of NovaScotia, in the Dominion of Canada, residing at Medford, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Adjustable Toe -\Veights for Trotting Horses, which will,in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fullydescribed, and specifically defined in the appended claims. Thisinvention relates to the weights which are attached to the front part ofshoes for trotting horses; and the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of the divers devices embodied therein, aswill, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter moreparticularly and fully set forth and claimed.

In said drawings, Figure l is a top or plan view of a shoe formed toreceive my toe-weight, the weight securing bolt being shown in positiontherein in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the base-section.of my weight. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the part shown in Fig. 2,taken as viewed from the bottom or lower edge of the drawing. Fig.eisarearelevation of the part shown in Figs. 2 and 3, taken as viewedfrom the right in said figures. Fig. 5 is a View taken from the samestandpoint as Fig. 3, and showing the part shown in that figure, andalso the upper or removable portion of the weight in position thereon,as in dicated by theinterloeking dotted lines, and the securing-boltbeing shown in position in Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken as online x 00 through the parts shown in Fig. 5. through the hoof, the shoe,and the base part of the weight, as on line z, Fig. 8, and as looking tothe right in that figure. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectiontaken as through Fig. 7 on line to, and showing the two parts of theweight, the shoe, and the toe part of the hoof in section, and thesecuring-bolt in elevation,with its screw'nut in section.

In these views, a represents the shoe, which is formed with a slightarc-like projection, I), with a hole for the weight-securing bolt 0, soarranged that the prolongation of the general curve of the shoe wouldpass through the axis of said bolt. The lower part of the weight is Fig.7 is a vertical section taken formed with a baseplate, s, to rest uponthe top of the shoe, said plate having the rear thinner part, (I, andthicker front part, 0, meeting at line 7.". A hollow stud, f, is formedupon this bed, as shown. The front face, 9, and rear face, 71, of thisstud are, in the cross-section of the stud, parallel with eachother,while side faces,i i, are oblique to each other, convergingrearward, and face It is undercut at j, so as to terminate at the lineis between d and e of the base 8, and the axis of the bolt-hole throughstud f and the base 3 is also coincident with the said point ofintersection, k, of parts (2 and c. The under side of part 6 is at itsfront line formed to correspond with the part of shoe a 011 which it isseated. The up per part, Z, of the weight is formed at its base with anoutline corresponding with that part c, and also with a hole or chambercorresponding to stud f, and in which the latter part fits, as shown. Ahole to admit the bolt 0 is prolonged through the upper part of Z, asshown.

In applying my weight to the hoof, the part d is fitted in a recess inthe under side of the hoof, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, the apex of the toeof the hoof being at line It. The half-diameter of the lower part ofbolt 0 is fitted in a vertical groove in thetoeof the hoof. The boltpasses up through the shoe, the base 8, stud f, and part Z, and all theparts are firmly secured together by bolt 0, the shoe being firstsecured to the hoof by nails in the usual manner. The rear line, 9',ofstud f and line 1) of weight Z are so arranged as to conform to thebackward slope of the front of the hoof, as shown. By forming lines i ofstud f oblique in horizontal plane, and the passage in weight Z tocorrespond therewith, the lower part of Z, where the stud f is undercutat j, is held centrally and firmly on said stud; and by means of theremovable part1 any desired amount of weight may be added to compensatefor the wear of the shoe or for other reasons; and part Z may be of anydesired or varying lengths, as bolt 0, by being straight, may be at anytime removed without displacement of base 8, and replaced by a longer orshorter one, or to replace one that is worn or injured.

I am aware that removable toe-weights have before been used hence I donot claim the same, broadly, or in the abstract; but

I do claim as my invention I 1. In a toe-weight, the combination, with abase-plate formed with a thinner rear portion,

- to be inserted in the hoof, and a thicker front portion having formedthereon a stud whose rear line is coincident with the intersection orshoulder of said thicker and thinner parts of the plate, of a removableweight adapted to be secured on said stud, and formed at its base with arear line coincident with that of said studand of said shoulder in theplate, substantially as specified.

2. In a toe-weight, the combination of the base formed to be fitted tothe hoof and se-' cured to the shoe, and with a hollow projection risingtherefrom, and the upper or removable section or part formed with arecess or chamber to receive said projection, and with a coincidentpassage 'for a securing-bolt extending above said upper section, substantially as specified.

3. I11 a toe-weight, the combination of abase formed with a hollowprojection whose side lines are rearwardly converging, and the up per orremovable section formed with a chamber corresponding with and adaptedto receive said projection, and with a coincident passage to receive thesecuring-bolt, substantially as specified. i

4. In a toe-weight, the combination, with the shoe and a securing-bolt,ofa base formed and adapted to be fitted in the hoof, and to be seatedupon the shoe, and having a sloping stud with a passage to receive saidbolt, and an upper part or section having a chamber to receive saidstud, and a hole at the upper end for'the passage of said bolt,substantially as specified.

CYRUS H. ETTER.

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T. XV. PORTER,

H. K. PORTER.

